WILLIAMSPORT – A trio of registered nurses have brought a prospective class action lawsuit against Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital, claiming the Pennsylvania hospitals engaged in a secret “no-poach agreement” that suppressed professional mobility and salaries in Central Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has dismissed a patient's appeal in a violation of privacy claim against a registered nurse and UPMC Susquehanna.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has concurred with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in ruling that abiding by state and federal design standards for aircraft components without federal pre-emption is permissible.
WASHINGTON – According to an amici brief filed by the Solicitor General with the U.S. Supreme Court, design standards for aircraft engines are the exclusive purview of the federal government and not applicable state law – a counter-argument to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling which said such pre-emption was not required.
WILLIAMSPORT – An Indiana trailer manufacturer is attempting to move a lawsuit filed by a Lackawanna County auto body and sales business to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
WILLIAMSPORT — A railway company is suing North Shore Railroad Co. and Lycoming Valley Railroad Co., citing that North Shore has refused to assume the defense of Norfolk Southern in other itigation.
On Sept. 21, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court’s ruling that granted the County of Lycoming and the City of Williamsport summary judgments after a husband and wife who sued the city and county failed to prove the local agencies were exempt from governmental immunity.
PHILADELPHIA – A strict liability lawsuit connected to a fatal airplane crash which claimed the life a student pilot in Virginia will now be heard in a Pennsylvania federal court, per a recent removal.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has found partial favor with and remanded a case between a Lycoming County farm and its neighbors, ruling its activities are protected under the Right to Farm Act (RTFA).
PHILADELPHIA — An aircraft pilots association is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that allowed states to impose their own safety standards in place of federal law.
WILLIAMSPORT – A recent ruling in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas has resulted in another victory for parties arguing certain agricultural activities are protected under Pennsylvania’s Right To Farm Act (RTFA).
